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05 FEB

Ant & Dec – When I Fall In Love

Despite Ant & Dec’s music career often being treated as a novelty footnote in their career, ‘When I Fall In Love’ is a genuinely great track.

11 DEC

The Spice Girls being Christmas #1 in 1996 was a given, but there’s a reason why ‘2 Become 1’ is their biggest-selling, best-known ballad.

05 JUN

Five’s third single ‘Got The Feelin’ is a hazy summer jam that arrived in the UK just as the group were poised to break America.

27 JUN

In just under three minutes, the Spice Girls changed the face of pop music forever with their debut single.

30 MAY

Melanie B’s tender ode to her daughter allegedly came with an ultimatum from Virgin Records: it had to reach the top five, or else!

02 MAY

After failing to make it past the live heats of ‘Pop Idol’, Simon Fuller stepped in to ensure Sarah Whatmore got her shot at stardom.

28 FEB

‘Mama’ is rarely cited as a top Spice Girls track, but that doesn’t stop it being a genuinely lovely (and well-timed) tribute.

29 MAR

Having blossomed as one of the Spice Girls’ best singers, the time came from Emma Bunton to launch her solo career proper

14 DEC

The Spice Girls’ ‘Goodbye’ was a tribute not just to the end of a friendship, but the end of the group as we knew it.

13 JUL

It could have been a case of difficult second album for Five, not that it was at all evident from ‘If Ya Gettin’ Down’…

07 OCT

‘Spice Up Your Life’ saw the Spice Girls launch their second album with another signature hit, while this time stamping their trademark all over it.

15 JUL

Amid the furore of Geri Halliwell’s sudden departure from the Spice Girls came their serendipitously beautiful swansong, ‘Viva Forever’.